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Wythenshawe Hall is a 16th-century medieval timber-framed historic house and former stately home in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England. It is east of Altrincham and south of Stretford, five miles (8 km) south of Manchester city centre, in Wythenshawe Park. ==History== The half-timbered Tudor house was the home of the Tatton family for almost 400 years. It was built in about 1540 by Robert Tatton of Chester. During the English Civil War, the hall was unsuccessfully defended by Robert Tatton against Cromwell's forces during the winter of 1643.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Manchester City Galleries )〕 After the war the Wythenshawe estate expanded to about . In 1924 Robert Henry Grenville Tatton inherited the Wythenshawe estate and yielded to pressure from the then Manchester Corporation, who were in need of land for housing. The corporation bought in 1926, and what used to be farmland became one of the largest housing estates in Europe. Wythenshawe Hall itself and of its surrounding parkland were sold to Ernest Simon, who donated them to Manchester Corporation "to be used solely for the public good". The hall was used as a museum from 1930 until it closed in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=English Heritage )〕 The park now houses, amongst other facilities, a community farm and a horticulture centre, to the east of the hall. Every June there is a re-enactment of the 1643 siege of Wythenshawe Hall by Cromwell's troops. Wythenshawe Hall's Home Farm was west of the hall. Some of its structures have survived as park maintenance buildings, but many were demolished when the housing estates were built. The gatehouse at the north side of the park still stands. Wythenshawe Hall was listed as a Grade II * structure in 1952. Its former stable block, to the west of the hall, was Grade II listed in 1974. A statue of Oliver Cromwell, by Matthew Noble.,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Oliver Cromwell )〕 stands about east of the hall, and was Grade II listed in 1994.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Manchester City Council )〕 It was originally sited at the junction of Deansgate and Victoria Street in Manchester, where it stood from 1875 until the 1970s. After being in storage for a number of years it was installed at Wythenshawe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wythenshawe Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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